Henry Berg-Brousseau

Henry Berg-Brousseau
Born	9 March 1998 Louisville, Kentucky
Died	December 16, 2022 (aged 24) Arlington, Virginia
Nationality	American
Education	George Washington University
Occupation	Transgender rights activist
Mother	Karen Berg

Henry Berg-Brousseau (March 9, 1998 – December 16, 2022) was an American transgender rights activist. He came out as a transgender man at the beginning of his freshman year while attending Louisville Collegiate School. He attended the George Washington University and was a founding member of the Delta Lambda Phi Alpha chapter. He was the deputy press secretary for politics for the Human Rights Campaign.

Achievements

In 2015, Berg-Brousseau began interning at the Fairness Campaign, a lobbying and advocacy organization, focusing primarily on preventing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

At age 16, he presented a testimony against a Bathroom bill under consideration by the Kentucky legislature and helped prevent its passage. When discussing the bill, he stated:

"When you walk in somewhere where nobody else goes or have to leave class for extra time to walk into the basement, that opens yourself up to not being a normal kid . . . I don’t feel like I should have to change my life to accommodate their hatred."

In 2021, Berg-Brousseau started working at the Human Rights Campaign in Washington D.C.

Death

Berg-Brousseau died by suicide in 2022.